Foot and leg protector



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W. BEATTIE.

FOOT AND LEG PROTECTOR.

NO. 283,193. Patented Aug. 14, 1883.

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To an whom it may concern.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ILLIAM BEATTIE, or roaTneE, Wisconsin.

FOOT AIND LEG PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iietters'latent No. 283,193, dated August14, 1883.

Application filed May 7, 1863.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BEATTIE, of Portage, in the county ofColumbia, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Foot and Leg Protectors; and I do hereby declarethat the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to coverings for the foot and leg, adapted forusein very cold weather in northern latitudes, and is in part animprovement on the device patented by me on the 8th of February, 1881;and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction, as will bemore fully set forth hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my present invention,opened out to enable it to dry readily after use; and Fig. 2 is a likeview of .the same, but showing it in the closed position, as it is whenin use.

In my former device, described in the patent above named, the protectorwas designed to be worn outside of the pantaloons, and for that reasonthe leg or upper was made of a single piece ofsheep-skin, as thefullness of the i folded skin afforded ample room for the tronsers legs;but my present invention is intended to be worn under the pantaloons,and hence the leg part is made of two equal portions, A A, united bycentral back seam, a, and thereby adapted tofit closelyto the leg of thewearer; and the foot portion consists of the sole B and the uppers G C,which'latter are made of two equal portions united to the sole B by thescam I and to the leg portions by the scams 0 and cured by strapsandbuckles, but this necessitated that each pair of the protectors shouldbe made rights and f lefts, which is more or less objectionable, and Ihave hence dispensed with the flap and with the straps and buckles, andtherefore either protector may be worn indifferently on either leg, anditis immaterial (No model.)

which leg and foot section A O or B C overlaps the other.

A further advantage of my present device is that it opens out more fullythan my old protector, and hence dries more readily. I

(Instead of buckles and straps, (which, as stated, required theprotectors to be rights and lefts, as they had to be on the outer sidesof the legs to avoid interference,) I provide my present device withhooks or buttons (1 d, and

extend a single lacing-cord, D, from one of the lower hooks or buttons(1 around back 'vice.

I consider my present device a great improveinent over any now made, sofar as known to me, and deem the feature of opening out all the way tothe toes of primal importance.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A foot and leg protector with a central front opening extending allthe way to the toe, and provided with a sole, substantially as shown anddescribed. i

I 2. A foot and leg protector consisting of two equal leg portionsunited by central back seam, and two equal foot-uppers united to the legportions and to the sole, and open all the way to the toe, and adaptedto fold over either to described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, onthis 3d day of the right or left, substantially as shown and January,1883, in the presence of two wit-

